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    hi lads, wondering can somebody offer a little advice, i was pulling my tv out to reach something behind then suddently the power went off the my dm800s clone,(iv had it for about 2 years with no probs) so i powered off then on again which it worked ok,but i wasnt getting a signal,strange, i powered off again and tried on again but this time nothing happened,no power,tried few other times with no luck,looked dead,then i started smelling something burning,i powered off,then opened dm to have a look,powered on again and something defo burning,any advise would be great, forgot to mention,the dm wont even power on,when i insert the psu a smell of burning happens and there is no lcd lit on the dreambox screen,but there must be power going through if burning,thanks
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    is the little fan spinning ?
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    i always had it disabled mate as it was always making to much noise, i always used a usb laptop cooler from the day i got it, over 2 years ago and never had a burning smell until now mate

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    when i just inserted the psu the smell of burning was quite bad there and smoke started flying out were the psu goes into dm,

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    the jack plug may just be a bad connection and might need resoldering.

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    thanks mate, havent a clue about soldering, this might be my excuse for getting the vu solo ,

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    Quote Originally Posted by wannelly View Post
    thanks mate, havent a clue about soldering, this might be my excuse for getting the vu solo ,
    if your not over bothered about the box just stick the power it and leave it for a bit , might be some grease or smelly capacitor
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    will give that a go tomorrow mate,dont want to burn the house down tonight , thanks mate

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    now i know ~~~~ all about sat boxes but if you switch off fan i can vision burnt out board or caps leaking,open it up and look,you dont want to be headline news as your house burnt down,remember electronics can kill or cause untold damage.

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    thanks for the advise mate, yeah have it opened and it looks fine to be honest,cant see anything burnt etc,but i no there is as smoke was flying out earlier , i always used a laptop cooler for over 2 years with no problems,also the dm was always powered off at night,

 

 

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